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　　Q: A player believed his original ball came to rest in a water hazard. He searched for about a minute but did not find his ball. He therefore dropped another ball behind the hazard under Rule 26-1 and played it. He then found his original ball outside the hazard within five minutes of having begun to search for it. What is the ruling?

　　A: When the player dropped and played another ball behind the hazard, it became the ball in play and the original ball was lost. If there was reasonable evidence that the original ball was in the water hazard, the player was entitled to invoke Rule 26-1. In the absence of reasonable evidence that the original ball was in the water hazard, the player was required to put another ball into play under Rule 27-1. In playing the ball dropped under Rule 26-1, the player played from a wrong place. In match play, he incurred a penalty of loss of hole (Rule 20-7b). In stroke play, he incurred the stroke-and-distance penalty prescribed by Rule 27-1 and an additional penalty of two strokes for a breach of that Rule. If the breach was a serious one, he was subject to disqualification unless he corrected the error as provided in Rule 20-7c. (Revised)

　　问：一名球员相信他原来的球停在了水障碍区，他找了大约一分钟，但没找到。因此，他按照规则26-1的规定在水障碍后面又抛了一个球。不过，五分钟后他又发现他原来的球在水障碍之外。这时应该适用什么规则？

　　答：当这名球员在水障碍后抛了球，并用这个球比赛，那这个球就成了比赛用球，而原始的球就确定丢了。如果有合理的证据证明原来的那个球在水障碍，这名球员就有资格运用规则26-1。缺少合理的证据证明原来的球在水障碍，这名球员就得按照规则27-1另打一个球。这名球员打按规则26-1抛的球，是从错误的位置打的。在比洞赛上，他就输了这一洞的比赛（规则20-7b）。在比杆赛上，按规则27-1的规定他得被罚两杆，而且违反其他规则还得被罚两杆。如果违反的那条规则很严重，他还得被取消比赛资格，除非他按照规则20-7c的规定改正了错误。（修正）

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